The Veteran's TDIU claim period from October 28, 2011 to February 1, 2012 is moot due to the combined schedular rating of 100 percent for all disabilities. The Board denied an earlier effective date prior to August 1, 2013 as there was no factual basis to determine that the Veteran's service-connected disabilities rendered him unemployable during this period.
The deciding factor: The Veteran is in receipt of a combined schedular disability rating of 100 percent for all disabilities, leaving no question of fact or law for the Board to decide regarding TDIU eligibility during this period.
- Claimed conditions
- Residuals of cerebellar stroke, Diabetes mellitus with retinopathy of the right eye and bilateral incipient cataracts, Peripheral neuropathy for the right upper extremity, Peripheral neuropathy for the left upper extremity, Diabetic nephropathy with hypertension, Erectile dysfunction
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- July 10, 2020
- Citation
- 20046458
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